Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Mary Merrick 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 May 1734 - Harwich, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Merrick (1680-1740)
         Mother: Lydia Mayo (1694-Bef 1746) 2
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Mulford (28 Apr 1728 -       ) 3 
       Marriage: 23 Nov 1749 - Eastham, Massachusetts 4
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Mulford (1750-      ) 4



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Mary Merrick 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mary Myrick 5
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Jul 1717 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Merrick (1690-1721) 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Twining (1690-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ephraim Cook (16 Sep 1712 -       )
       Marriage: 12 Feb 1735 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Reuben Cook (1741-      )
                2. Shubal Cook (1736-      ) 8



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Mary Merrick 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 May 1687 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 7 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Merrick (1662-1737)
         Mother: Elizabeth Howes (Cir 1666-Bef 1712)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Nathan Young (Cir 1683 - 1749) 10 
       Marriage: 12 Aug 1717 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7 11 12
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca Young (1718-      )
                2. Mary Young (1719-1800)
                3. Joshua Young (1721-      )
                4. Martha Young (1724-Bef 1726)
                5. Seth Young (1725-Bef 1731)
                6. Martha Young (1726-1811)
                7. Seth Young (1731-Bef 1763)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Nathan Young)
They were married by Nathanael ffreeman Esqur.
7 11 12

picture Mary Merrick 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Nov 1650 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Apr 1692 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: childbirth

Parents 
         Father: William Merrick (Abt 1615-1689) 14
         Mother: Rebecca Tracy (Cir 1623-1686)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Stephen Hopkins (Sep 1642 - 10 Oct 1718)
       Marriage: 23 May 1667 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 15
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Judah Hopkins (1667-1748)
                2. Elizabeth Hopkins (1668-1727)
                3. Stephen Hopkins (1670-1733)
                4. Ruth Hopkins (1674-      )
                5. Samuel Hopkins (1682-1747) 16
                6. Nathaniel Hopkins (1684-1766)
                7. Joseph Hopkins (1688-1771)
                8. Benjamin Hopkins (1690-1745)
                9. Mary Hopkins (1692-      )



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Mercy Merrick 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1705 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Nathaniel Merrick (1673-1743)
         Mother: Alice Freeman (Abt 1673-1756)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ebenezer King (15 Jun 1700 - Bef 1790)
       Marriage: 13 Oct 1726 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Ebenezer King b: 15 Jun 1700 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA
Married: 13 Oct 1726 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA

picture Captain Nathaniel Merrick 
      Sex: M
AKA: Nathaniel Mirick 17
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1673 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 13 Nov 1743 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Old Burial Ground, Brewster
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: William Merrick (1643-1732)
         Mother: Abigail Hopkins (1644-1691)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Alice Freeman (Abt 1673 - 24 Dec 1756)
       Marriage: Est 1698
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hannah Merrick (Abt 1700-1764)
                2. Captain Constant Merrick (1701-1792)
                3. Mercy Merrick (Abt 1705-      )
                4. Captain William Merrick (1706-1742)
                5. Ruth Merrick (Abt 1709-Bef 1765)
                6. Pricilla Merrick (Abt 1710-      )
                7. Alice Merrick (1713-Bef 1778)
                8. Benjamin Merrick (1718-      )
                9. Sarah Merrick (1720-Cir 1761)
Notes
General:
From _Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick Myrick Family of Massachusetts_, page 19:
7. NATHANIEL3, son of (William2, William1) and Abigail (Hopkins) Merrick, born(???), 1673, at Eastham, Mass. Married Alice Freeman; she daughter of Samuel and Mercy (Southworth) Freeman, and a grand-daughter of Samuel and Apphia Freeman; also of Constant Southworth, (b. about 1614; d. 1679,) and of Elizabeth (Collins) Southworth; Elizabeth Collins was daughter of William (d. about 1651), and Jane, his wife. Constant Southworth was son of Edward Southworth, of Wingdon, England, and Alice Carpenter, who afterwards married Governor Bradford. Nathaniel Merrick resided in Harwich; was a Captain in the Colonial Militia; in 1722 he was appointed to answer for the town of Harwich to a presentment for not having a sufficient highway between Yarmouth and Chatham; in 1725 he is returned as having children of school age; his will is dated October 18, 1743, and he died at Harwich, November 13, 1743.

Stone:

Here lyes buried ye
Body of Lieu't
NATHANIEL MIRICK
Who departed this life
Nov'br 13 Anno Dom 1743
in ye 71 Year of his Age 17 18

picture Nathaniel Merrick 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 May 1730 - Rochester, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Feb 1799 - Hardwick, Massachusetts 20
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Constant Merrick (1701-1792)
         Mother: Sarah Freeman (1704-      )
Notes
General:
married Lois Hammond of Rochester 29 May 1764
married Susanna Lawrence of Hardwick, 13 feb 1755, in Hardwick
married Elizabeth Haskell of Rochester, 26 Jun 1775, in Hardwick; d. 4 Sep 1798 Hardwick
m. Susanna Taylor of Athol in Athol, 23 Oct 1797 (right man?) 21 22
Medical:
age 68-8-4

picture Nathaniel Merrick 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Feb 1713 - Harwich, Massachusetts 23
        Baptism: 
          Death: After Aug 1743
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Benjamin Merrick (1673-After 1743)
         Mother: Rebecca Doane (1672-1722)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thankful Lincoln (9 May 1716 - Cir 1753)
       Marriage: 12 Dec 1741 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Thankful Myrick (1742-      ) 24

2. Hannah Hawes (Est 1725 -       )
       Marriage: 1766 - (Chatham, Massachusetts)
         Status: 



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Oliver Merrick 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Dec 1716 - Harwich, Massachusetts 25
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Stephen Merrick (1673-1732)
         Mother: Deborah Snow (Bef 1690-After 1732)



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Phebe Merrick 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1702 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: in (Maine)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Merrick (1662-1737)
         Mother: Elizabeth Howes (Cir 1666-Bef 1712)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Richard Paine (25 Mar 1699 - 1775)
       Marriage: 20 Oct 1726 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Phebe Paine (1728-1812)
                2. Rebecca Paine (1730-1735)
                3. Betty Paine (1732-1735)
                4. Dorcas Paine (1734-      )
                5. Richard Paine (1736-      )
                6. Hannah Paine (1738-      ) 26
                7. Joseph Paine (1741-1827) 26
                8. William Paine (1743-1827) 26
                9. Thomas Paine (1745-Bef 1817) 26
Notes
Marriage Notes (Richard Paine)
Richard, Phoebe, William moved to Gorham ME in 1770.
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Sources

1 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 24. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

2 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 43 MD8:94. Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 73 (MD16:34).

4 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 114 (MD24:139.

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 95 (MD17:82).

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 55 (MD15:67).

7 Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001), Elizabeth Howes3 (Elizabeth Mayo2, John1).

8 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 99 (MD17:146).

9 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 28 (MD7:12).

10 Andrew P. Langlois, Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham. part 1 (2005. Mayflower Descendant 54 (2): 97-113).

11 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 56 (MD15:68).

12 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 57 (MD15:70).

13 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 17 (MD5:23).

14 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 17 (MD5:22).

15 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 30.

16 Richard Thomas Holway, Holway-Rich Heritage. A history and genealogy of two Cape Cod families (1988. Baltimore MD: Gateway Press), 65.

17 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

18 Rootsweb.com, rmeida.

19 Vital Records of Rochester Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1914. Boston: NEHGS), 1:218. Volume 1: Births. Volume II: Marriages and Deaths

20 Thomas Williams Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1917. Boston: Wright & Potter (reprinted by Higginson and online)), 310. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

21 Thomas Williams Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1917. Boston: Wright & Potter (reprinted by Higginson and online)), 210, 211, 213, 310.

22 Vital Records of Rochester Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1914. Boston: NEHGS), 2:223. Volume 1: Births. Volume II: Marriages and Deaths

23 Louise H. Kelly and Dorothy Straw, compilers; Wynn, Rachel Linnell, author, Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 (1982. Harwich MA: Harwich Historical Society), 22. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no Harwick.

24 Percy Fielitz Rex, The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D. (1980. William S. Sullwold Publishing. Taunton MA).

25 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 7.

26 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 100 (MD17:149).

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